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'Acting like a dictator': 'Worried' Michigan swing voters now regret supporting 'erratic' Trump

Mar 14, 2025 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    10% Center

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -23% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : " The voters in the Michigan focus groups, which were held on Tuesday night, March 11, were not hardcore MAGA devotees, but rather, swing voters who went from Biden in 2020 to Trump in 2024.
35% : Trump won the popular vote by roughly 1.5 percent, which is hardly a "landslide.
33% : "Most Michigan swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups said that although they voted for President Trump in November, they have objections, frustrations and fears about his behavior since he returned to power," Doherty and Talev report in an article published on March 14.
31% : " Theresa L., who is 55, said of Trump, "He who saves his country doesn't violate any law.
23% : " Sheryl M., a 44-year-old Michigan resident, voted for Trump in November but now says, "He's so erratic, and it's getting to the point where I'm almost scared to watch the news.
23% : He is acting like a dictator." READ MORE: 'Discontent': Trump in big trouble with majority of voters -- here's why
22% : READ MORE: 'A stupid fight': Conservative blasts Trump for action 'too absurd to believe' Phil L. said, "I mean, Canada?
21% : READ MORE:'Our cushion is gone': Ohio farmers worry Trump won't pay up on promised funding
18% : " Nonetheless, Trump's performance in the Rust Belt is a source of major frustration for Democrats, as Trump flipped Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin -- three of the states that former President Joe Biden carried in 2020.

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